Academic faculty positions

Mapping & Geographic Information Systems

B.Sc. and B.A. in Geo-information

Mapping and geo-information are taught in the Technion in the framework of two study tracks: a four-year BSc and a three-year BA.

The study programs in these tracks are considered among the most advanced in the world and they prepare students to cope successfully with mapping and geo-information in the Information Technology Era.

The four-year BSc track in mapping and geo-information has six study clusters:

Technion basic science and engineering courses

Faculty basic civil engineering courses

Track required courses: The foundations of the field of mapping and geo-information

Specialization chain in the field of mapping and spatial information (for photos for mapping needs, digital surface models, geographic information systems etc.) or alternatively, a specialization chain in the field of geodetic and engineering measurement (control networks, GPS measurements etc.)

Elective courses from a broad variety of courses in the area of mapping and geo-information, computer science, civil and environmental engineering and town planning (marine mapping, remote sensoring, systems planning, graph theory, regional planning etc.)

Free elective courses.

The three-year BSc track in mapping and geo-information:
The three-year track is similar in structure to the four-year track; however, students only need to accumulate 120 academic points. Graduates of this track do not receive an engineering degree.

Teaching and Research

Teaching and research in the Mapping and Geo-information Unit deal with information received from ground, air and satellite systems, and with information extraction using computer processing methods. The areas include:

Photogammetry and remote sensoring:

Remote sensoring

Laser systems

Analytical (and short range) photogammetry

Digital photogammetry

Mapping and GIS

Computerized mapping

Marine mapping

Geographic information systems (GIS)

Chromatography

Geodesy

Navigation systems (INS and GPS)

Engineering measurement

High geodesy

Satellite geodesy

Cadastre

Land information systems (LIS)

Cadastral measurements

Public sector

Government institutions and authorities

Municipalities and local councils

Infrastructure companies

Land administration authorities

The Israel Mapping Center

Defense organizations

Private sector

Civil engineering firms

Mapping and measurement firms

IT industries

Software companies

Hi-tech companies (product and hardware development for the mapping and measurement fields(